CXC announced its summer technique camps. To register or get more information contact Yuriy Gusev (CXC Executive and Athletic Director) at: yuriy.gusev@cxcskiing.org
CAMPS
Regional Elite Group Camp: July 5-10, 2009 at Cresthill Resort, Hayward WI
Junior Technique Camp: August 3-6, 2009 at Telemark Resort, Hayward, WI
Masters Technique Camp: August 7-9, 2009 at Telemark Resort, Hayward, WI
CXC Youth Program is supporting new FIS SnowKidz campaign “Bring Children to Snow”. Similar to the book “Last Child in the Woods” written by Richard Louv the snow sport community is experiencing “Last Child in the Snow”. Kids are spending less time outdoors and enjoying activities in the snow. For the future of our children, sport and [...]
NORDIC SKI: Endurance Camp for Nordic Ski/Cross Country Athletes set for Aug. 2-7
Monday, June 15, 2009
SCSU nordic ski coach Jeremy Frost
An Endurance Camp for nordic ski athletes and cross country athletes will be held on Aug. 2-7, 2009 at the Cross Woods Camp in Mason, Wis. The camp will feature leadership from St. Cloud State [...]
Tired of the same old auction, ski swap or other event to raise money for your local club and/or junior team? Here is a fresh idea reported by the Brattleboro Reformer in Brattleboro, VT. It sounded like it was a lot of fun.
The following is a post from CTV Olympics. This article raises some interesting questions regarding “home field advantage” at the Olympics. And if precedents are set, do they or should they extend to World Cup races. The Olympics in Turin allowed grinding machines, and as Sara Renner accurately points out, North American ski racers are [...]
From The Norway Post:
Recently retired, Norwegian Olympic and World Cup winner, cross country skier Tor Arne Hetland will train the German national cross country sprint team.
The German team consists of Daniel Heun and Josef Wenzl.
“They are both talented. The aim is to get them both as far as the sprint final at the Vancouver [...]
There is a nice article in Faster Skier today, by Diana Whitney of SpiltMilkVt.com, on balancing family time with training, focusing primarily on parents with little kids. The author interviews a number of present and former Olympians, national-level skiers and masters on strategies for sneaking those workouts in around family responsibilities.
At the 2010 Winter Games, an estimated 600 athlete chaperones, blood collection officers, specialized doping control officers, and contracted laboratory staff will conduct upwards of 2,000 tests, including pre-competition and in-competition urine and blood tests,
Video from the US Ski Team and the spring camp in Bend. Learn from watching the best with technique clips and dialogue from Andy Newell.
Thanks to NordicSkiRacer for the post, Andy Newell and the US Ski Team for putting this video together and sharing it.
More US Ski Team videos, including Kikkan Randall’s 2nd place WC [...]
Nordic ski kids never cease to amaze me. Why is it that the gritty focus and determination required for the sport, is almost always balanced with a genuine generosity and compassion? It sure does seem like the blend of characteristics that produces dedicated Nordic skiers, also produces wonderful human beings.
A case in point, two years [...]
